Beethoven Piano Your resource for the piano music of Ludwig van Beethoven

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Composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat, Op.73 Emperior
1. I. Allegro
2. II. Adagio un poco mosso
3. III. Rondo. Allegro
Claudio Arrau
Royal Concert Gebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink

Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin & Cello in C, Op.56
4. I. Allegro
5. II. Largo
6. III. Rondo alia Polacca

Claudio Arrau
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Eliahu Inbal

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The Beethoven Triple Concerto is a strange work, with the most important---or at least prominent---solos given to the cello; it is the instrument which introduces each movement. The remarkable Martha Argerich wisely allows Mischa Maisky to shine in his solos and leading position, but her contribution is anything but back seat. Her customary virtuosity is everywhere in evidence, and, in a way, she turns the piano into the spinal column of the work, with the violin and cello playing around her.

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FOUR GRAMMY AWARD WINNING ARTISTS ON ONE DISC. As Beethoven himself was well aware, his Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello - commonly called the "Triple Concerto" - was unique in musical literature. No one had ever written for this combination of solo instruments and orchestra. The Triple Concerto was first performed in Vienna in 1804, and apparently never again in Beethoven's lifetime!

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Bernard Haitink is not usually thought of as an eminent Beethoven conductor, but this 7th Symphony is perhaps his best-recorded performance of any of the nine. Possibly due to the live concert setting, sparks fly as Haitink induces plenty of rhythmic drive and power, along with fabulous playing by an energized LSO, especially the important winds. His balanced, proportionate approach falls midway between the work's romanticism and its classical framework, avoiding excesses.

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Two of the composer's most innovative and original works — teeming with his characteristic perfection of detail, grandeur of effect, and intense emotionalism — appear in this inexpensive, high-quality volume. Reprinted from the authoritative Breitkopf & Härtel editions. Contents. Instrumentation. Text of Fantasia.

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It would be difficult, perhaps impossible, to assemble a better group of musicians to perform Beethoven's Triple Concerto and Choral Fantasy. Daniel Barenboim has been so busy conducting the world's top orchestras and opera companies that there is a danger of forgetting what an excellent pianist he is.

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3 CD Digipack.